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Christian Jacobsson

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology
Telephone
+46 31-786 16 69
Mail
christian.jacobsson@psy.gu.se
Visiting address
Haraldsgatan 1
41314 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 500
405 30 Göteborg

About Christian Jacobsson

Biography

Christian started his studies at the Psychologist program in UmeÃ¥ 1982 and ended them in Gothenburg 1989. He has worked as a psychologist and consultant in the field of work and organizational psychology since then. In 1994 he stared as a lecturer at the Department of psychology, University 91̽»¨, and became Ph.D. in psychology in 2001. Since 2001, he is a senior lecturer at the Department of psychology.

Teaching

Christians major teaching is in work and organizational psychology at the Psychologist program.

Research interests

  • Leadership
  • Work groups
  • Work environment and stress

Current research

  • Managers in health care sector and their interaction with media
  • Work group development levels and health among group members

Selected publications

Jacobsson, C., Rydbo, N. &. Børressen, J-E. (2014) The Links Between Group Development and Health in Manufacturing Industry. Journal of Small Group Research, 45(4): 400-415

Wramsten Wilmar M., Ahlborg Jr G., Jacobsson, C. & Dellve, L. (2014). Health Care Managers in Negative Media Focus: a Qualitative Study of Personification Processes and Their Personal Consequences. BMC Health Services Research. 14:8. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-8

Wheelan, S.A. & Jacobsson, C. (2014). A descriptive study of work groups in the Swedish and U.S. economy. Presented at the 9th GRASP conference, may 22-23, Linköping: Linköping University